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CNBC.com hires Downs to cover Congress

December 12, 2025

Posted by Chris Roush

Garrett Downs

Garrett Downs has joined CNBC.com as a politics reporter based in Washington, covering Congress and industries like agriculture.

Most recently, Downs spent more than three years at Politico, writing the “Morning Agriculture” newsletter and working as a congressional reporter for E&E News.

Before that, he was a reporter for Agri-Pulse and Inside U.S. Trade and started his career at the New York Post.

He received his degree in journalism from St. John’s University.

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